This is despite the fact the Myanmar is not a party to the Rome Statute and is not cooperating with the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s office. But Mochochoko said this preliminary examination can lead to a formal investigation by the ICC and then possible indictments. “If legal criteria are met, the prosecutor is under an obligation to request authorisation from the chamber to proceed to an investigation. So that is the process and analysis that are ongoing at the moment to determine the legal criteria are met,” he said. “And then Myanmar will not be in any way a hindrance to us in proceeding once the criteria are met.”The legal criteria include question of jurisdiction, complementarities, the gravity of the situation, and interests of justice.

Source: bd News24 March 11, 2019 15:22 UTC